The Millinere hath his will.

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“Trade brisk appeared, good profits we cleared,

Merrily went the shop,

For feather trimmings were all the go

With dames who dressed tip-top.

“Bonnets and hats with tiny plumes,

From songsters pluckt were dight——”

The new M.P. slipped out a D.,

Big Ben boomed through the night.